How to write a good online novel

Question 1: How to write an online novel well. First, you have to determine in your mind what selling points your novel is going to write and identify the theme. The next step is to check the market and understand the current trends in online novels. and subject type.

After determining your subject matter and selling points, start writing an outline.

Secondly, how to write an outline? First, look for a few of the hottest novels at the moment and learn from them why their works are so popular and have so many readers, and what characteristics make them attractive!

Once again, after sorting it out, you can write an outline. For example, you can design several plots in advance.

For example: time travel stories, rebirth stories, the first chapter should point out the protagonist’s identity, personality, appearance, handling style, etc. My personal suggestion is that the first chapters should be written in a light, lively and funny way. This makes it easier for readers to read.

Design several plot lines in the outline, such as: main line, the sequence in which the protagonist upgrades from weak to strong; secondary lines (or hidden plots) are triggering, such as encounters, encounters, etc... …

Generally speaking, writing an online novel requires a lot of work!

For many people, writing novels seems to be very troublesome. In fact, it is a relatively painful and boring thing. Think about it, don’t be fooled when you are playing games, chatting, or watching movies. I'm racking my brains to write the words...

As a starting point writer, that's all I can tell you. Finally, I wish you can write a good novel.

Question 2: How to write a good online novel? In today's era of overflowing novels, more and more novels are gradually neglecting creative skills, and there are more and more phenomena such as blind pursuit of pornography, venting, and frivolous words.

No matter how good the writing is, no matter how gorgeous the sentences, no matter how exaggerated the plot, it is just superficial, like a handsome boy or a beautiful woman. This type of novel may be very attractive at first, but then, can you turn that batch of Reader retention depends on the author's true ability.

I think articles are inseparable from human nature. As far as I know, the most popular and popular anime today are often those works with average painting skills but fascinating stories, especially in shaping human nature. Successful works; while those whose painting level has reached the "master" level, there are many works that have been relegated to the sidelines because the story cannot meet the readers' requirements. For example, the relatively successful anime "Gundam" mainly describes the nature of war. Is it because strong power brings about war, or is it because peace is needed that power is needed to maintain peace? Whether war is right or wrong has always been a question that everyone is looking for. It describes war vividly and uses war to highlight the multi-faceted phenomena of human nature. Therefore, the anime of Japan’s “Gundam” series has always topped the list.

Now let’s discuss the writing techniques of novels:

The plot of the novel has a sense of rhythm. It is like a piano music. Its melody is light, heavy, urgent, and slow. When the music is gentle and docile, or when it is exciting and high-pitched, it can only be completed after careful design. A piece of music with a weak melody will sound very comfortable and touching. But if the music is disorganized and disharmonious, it will sound particularly harsh and uncomfortable, and you will not know what it is trying to express. The music has cadences and ups and downs, so the structure of the story is also the same.

1. Characterization of character personality

1. The elements of character expression are:

a. Unique expression

b. Habitual actions

c. Commonly used dialogues

d. Thoughts

y. Ideas and desires

f. Weaknesses and flaws

g. The character’s likes and dislikes

2. The use of these elements:

The above elements can be used as creative tools, and these tools must be used well. , you can list these setting items, and then mark the performance parts. The more important personality parts should be repeated repeatedly to deepen the reader's impression of the character.

2. The use of supporting roles and foils

There is a joke that handsome boys and beautiful women always like to stay with people who are uglier or shorter than themselves, because they are foils. The same is true for story creation, which also requires this kind of foil, especially the foil of supporting characters. Constantly use supporting characters to foil the protagonist, and try your best to shape your protagonist into an idol. Therefore, all supporting characters are set up to set off the protagonist.

1. Types of supporting roles:

Positive mentor type, admiring type, assisting type

Uncertain and mysterious type, competitive type, buffoon type

Negative frame-up type

2. Assisting type: A necessary role that often appears inseparable from the protagonist, sharing difficulties and sharing wealth.

Mentor type: A auxiliary character who gives the protagonist correct knowledge and concepts. Admiration type: The protagonist’s favorite object is usually the (male) heroine. It has a great influence on the protagonist’s state of mind and affects the changes in the entire plot. important role.

Mysterious type: It will have an obvious positive or negative impact on the protagonist. He will never name himself. Usually he will be deified.

Competitive type: The strength will definitely not be the advantage of the protagonist, but you will be excited or afraid of the protagonist's hidden strength. It will not hinder the protagonist's progress, but will promote the protagonist's growth and become enough to compete with yourself. opponent.

Framing type: Usually in order to get something owned by the protagonist, or for different reasons such as not liking the protagonist, he often goes against the protagonist, and is also an indispensable role in the plot.

Harlequin type: A character who often pulls people back, does very outrageous and ridiculous things, and does it just for the sake of being funny.

3. Each character has its necessary functions. Just like an online game, you must constantly create a balance in your plot and then break the balance, so the interaction between the characters will be corresponding. is important. When the positive force is too strong, it means that the sense of crisis is insufficient; when the negative force is too strong, it means that the protagonist's status is about to collapse. *** are constantly being created under such a stack.

3. The performance and setting of the bridge section

1. The contrast method bridge section: In terms of the protagonist’s positioning, arrange another bridge section to be jealous of the protagonist’s setting Contrast and comparison can easily give readers a standard of measurement and highlight the differences between the protagonists.

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Question 3: How can I write a good online novel? The more you read and practice, the better your writing will become.

But creativity is also very important. Your writing must be unique, so it is easier to become popular.

Question 4: How to write a good online novel (1) The secret to the success of online novels

Online novels have typical commercial characteristics. What is business? It's not enough to just applaud it yourself, someone must pay for it, and as many people as possible should pay for it. Whether it's good or not is another matter, the key is that someone must be able to stand it. As long as someone pays the bill, even if it is scolded bloody afterwards, it will not damage its success. There is only one criterion for its success: letting readers pay money and allowing the author or website to make profits. As for the post-evaluation after making money, it is not considered.

Although it seems simple, seems vulgar, seems incompatible with the nobility of literature, and is even blasphemous, it is undeniable that it makes readers come up with real stories for an illusory story. Gold and silver are not that easy.

There are two key elements. First, it makes readers want to know the plot after reading the beginning. Second, it is necessary to maintain the continuity of readers' interest in reading, even at the expense of money.

The first point is actually very difficult. How many stories should there be in the world? Why should readers recognize your story? Therefore, the beginning of the novel is very important. We have a classic saying: If you can't attract readers in the first chapter, please believe that readers will choose the little cross in the upper right corner of the web page. As long as the reader selects the cross in the upper right corner, there is more than a 90% chance that this book will not come into his eyes a second time - what is the remaining 10% probability? This is what makes this book really popular. If this book becomes popular, some readers will come back to learn about it.

So, how to prevent readers from choosing the fatal fork? The following tips are indispensable. First of all, the protagonist must be in the state within five hundred words. Second, within a thousand words, the plot must unfold. Finally, within the first chapter, the reader’s excitement must be found. As for the excitement, there are many, including suspense, imagination, and self-introduction. Since you may be unfamiliar with self-introduction, let me explain. Self-introduction is commonly known as "sense of substitution", which is the reader's empathy for the protagonist. We call it the "germ of the dream".

If the first point is difficult, the second point is undoubtedly difficult. The second point is to maintain the continuity of readers' interest in reading and not to interrupt it. Any interruption means abandonment. You can think about it, an online novel can easily have five to six million words and thousands of chapters. How many points are the "vital points" of the novel? Any one of the life gates will cause readers to leave you. How difficult is it to cover all the life gates? Among them, there is one vital gate that is the most core and crucial, and that is the junction point between the public version and the VIP version. The first part is free, the second part requires money. Most people don’t spend money to read books, including you. You can think about it yourself, have you ever spent money to read books? Therefore, under normal circumstances, 80% of readers will leave at this stage, which is the fundamental reason why the number of work collections is generally five times the number of subscriptions.

I mentioned the difficulties earlier, but the secret will be revealed later.

How to attract readers’ interest and make readers spend money to pursue it?

There are two situations here. One situation is famous people. Famous writers have a fixed group of readers, commonly known as loyal fans. These people are familiar with the author's routines, understand the author's techniques, and are obsessed with each character created by the author. Even if the new book has some minor flaws, they still firmly believe that they will find something new in the author* **, they will chase you, chase you forever. Another situation is that non-famous artists do not have a fixed fan base, or the fan base is not large enough. These people can only rely on plot to win and maintain the appeal of each chapter. It may sound strange to you. You said before that a book with thousands of chapters is full of holes and breaking points. Who can stop them all and prevent readers from losing them? Not necessarily. A book is very dangerous in the early stage. When the storyline develops to a certain extent, the excitement points that attract others also increase. The destruction of one or two excitement points will not completely cause the loss of readers, because he has other Supported by excitement, even if they see the most disappointing chapter, they will persist for more than ten or twenty chapters before giving up. As long as they are given new points of excitement in the subsequent persistence stage, they will continue.

Speaking of this, do you understand a lot?

Some people say that the people who write long online novels are really not humans but gods. In fact, they are not. To be precise, they are just a group of people who are good at finding other people’s excitement. In a sense, These people are people with high emotional intelligence in online novels (which does not represent reality).

The conclusion of the problem has come out. The secret to the success of online novels is to find as many exciting points as possible and keep them exciting.

So here comes the key point: what can continue to bring excitement to readers?

(2) The secret to the success of online novels (2...gt; gt;

Question 5: How to write a good plot of a novel. After all, there is now a The problem, as everyone may know, is that there are too many online novels, with hundreds of millions of words being updated every day. If readers want to read so many novels, they must only read the first few chapters. If not, then throw them away, so it is best to start with the beginning. Just name the protagonist, don’t use too many descriptions of the situation or environment. It’s best to introduce the protagonist in the first 300 words, and then start to introduce the content. Nowadays, they say it starts with a waste. Why, in the final analysis, it is a fantasy novel. Even in online novels, one word is important... "Shuang!" "Shuang" does not mean that the protagonist can do whatever he wants, and it doesn't matter whether he is happy or not. So if you give the protagonist a suppress and then burst out, then it is cool. Being humiliated, and then discovering the adventure, that is, Goldfinger, rises up, and in turn teaches the person who humiliated him, this is a pleasure. There are too many online novels, and there is too much content, so there is a key point at the beginning, which attracts readers so that they can continue reading. . When talking about the plateau, I like to add two points: 1. The plateau is something that must be encountered in every novel, and the more words there are, the more times I encounter it. I am a fantasy novel. Fantasy novels are an example. When they are in a gentle period, they often make readers not like them very much and lose their interest. At this time, I like two methods. One method is to mediate the ambiguous relationship with the heroine. Don’t write too much about the relationship between men and women in the novel. Plain, with some twists and turns, this is what readers like best, so that the flat period can be passed; 2. The second type is the foreshadowing in the flat period. The so-called foreshadowing is a pit, and it is also the key to attracting readers to keep chasing. The foreshadowing has ups and downs. , depending on the situation in your book, you can involve some things based on the foreshadowing, you can think of something based on the foreshadowing, you can set up another series of foreshadowing based on the foreshadowing, such as this foreshadowing to unravel the next one. Foreshadowing, or a small part of this foreshadowing, readers will want to understand the foreshadowing and keep reading. The so-called cheating god Chen Dong is such a cheating foreshadowing... The God of War in the God Realm can be the strongest person in the God Realm. Being treated in a certain way, forced to come to the human world, reincarnated and rebuilt, subject to a certain amount of oppression, suddenly break this restriction at a certain time, start practicing again, and then continue to enjoy it. 2: Fantasy Upgrade Stream How to upgrade fantasy development from the beginning. Up to now, fantasy magic has been upgraded from a few levels at the beginning to dozens, or even nearly a hundred levels. The reason is very simple, and it is just one word...the more levels you have, the more you upgrade! Readers will enjoy watching it more, and the corresponding level corresponds to the protagonist's enemies, and the corresponding level corresponds to the protagonist's enemies. The protagonist is set off by torturing the enemy, so as to make the readers excited and passionate. , but upgrading also requires skills. I have read many books where you upgrade in battle and defeat the enemy. It is better that such plots appear less often in the future, because there were too many books like this a year or two ago, so readers I'm tired of seeing them all. You can break through before the battle to give readers a sense of anticipation. Then there are the enemy's arrangements to set off the protagonist's prowess. In the final analysis, enemies are just for stepping on. For example: the protagonist meets the enemy, and there is some gap in strength between the two. The enemy despises the protagonist, looks down on it, is sarcastic, and deliberately makes trouble. The protagonist resolves it to a certain extent, and then practices and breaks through. In turn, the two sides actually fight and step on the enemy. This will make readers It looks cool and easily attracts readers. Three: Finally, let’s talk about updating and coding. I guess many people are depressed, why can’t they code a few words in a day, right? But updating online novels is king. This is true. Even if you say someone is slower than others, the essence still has readers. But the problem is that there are too few such people, and there are countless people who ask for the essence, but they don’t. Grades, so updating is the number one issue we face.

How to code at high speed and at high speed for a long time? The simplest way is to unplug the network cable and close the small dark room to code. I think everyone can’t help but do something else while coding, like watching a movie? Look at the web page? Read your favorite novel? You can adjust your habits and set a certain time period every day to type and do nothing else. Then you may be like me and type 20,000 words a day. As for updates, the more you update, the more readers you will have. , and when the recommendation comes, you will have a lot of words, and you will attract more readers, so if you save the manuscript, don't choke on it, update it when it is time to update it. Four: Q&A session (answers to all questions) 1. How to control the rhythm of the novel? My suggestion for the rhythm of the novel is to promote it according to the first stage of your design. The speed depends on whether your first design can attract readers; love and fantasy novels are ambiguous, and the relationship between men and women seems to be there or not. It makes you look forward to it, makes you worry, well, it seems that romance goes without saying, right? ......gt;gt;

Question 6: How to write the first chapter of an online novel better? This is what the instructor explained when I attended the youth training camp in 17K, and I would like to share it with you You see, if you are interested, you can also participate, it’s free! The instructors are very good, and the website is also very good for new authors!

When writing a novel, you must have an outline. Therefore, no matter how lazy the author is, he still needs to write an outline of the first 30,000 words.

This outline should have at least fifty percent of the main character. It is necessary to strengthen the protagonist's sense of existence, allowing readers to quickly become part of the character and then become addicted to the work.

First of all, there is the role of the protagonist.

Just imagine: there is a book with 30,000 words at the beginning, but the protagonist only has 3,000 to 5,000 words. Would you read such a book?

Considering that people nowadays read novels for leisure and entertainment, do not put anything that is too complicated at the beginning. The simpler, the better. The really best-selling and popular ones always have the protagonist appear at the beginning, with very few other supporting characters appearing, which affects the protagonist's presence.

To sum up: in the first thirty thousand words, if you can make readers like the protagonist, then you will have succeeded. And if there are more than a dozen character names competing with the protagonist for impression, the success rate of such a novel will be much lower.

Then, there is the setting and background.

The biggest fear when writing online novels is to put the setting and background in front of the work. How important is thirty thousand words? It can be said that readers only read the first 30,000 words whether they like a book or not.

It is never wise to put setting and background in such an important place. My suggestion is: wait until your readers like your book before telling them about your setting.

The following aspects should be incorporated into the setting and background:

First, the sense of immersion of the protagonist.

Second, the foreshadowing and pitfalls that lead the full text.

Third, an attractive beginning.

Fourth, have good golden fingers.

As a bookworm, I like to put wedges in my writing. The main function of this wedge is to lay the groundwork.

Taking Mengling as an example, the protagonist self-destructs in Beichen Mountain, and the author lays out the following: why he self-destructed, what are the consequences after self-destruction, how to make a comeback, and who is the woman’s voice who stopped him. How the story unfolds. With these few questions, readers will naturally not be able to help but keep reading.

A wedge usually has five hundred to one thousand words.

At the beginning, the protagonist appears, grabbing a characteristic thing and strengthening the protagonist's sense of existence. This also requires one or two thousand words. One more plot advancement, a golden finger to guide the whole text, and the ten thousand words are gone.

Then, add some settings. For background, one or two thousand words is enough to give readers a rough impression of the overall world. Once the readers have a good impression of the protagonist, you can write whatever you want from now on.

Some best-selling books now use gunmen, but readers won’t stop reading. Why is this? Because the beginning is well written and you have a sense of belonging and identification with the characters, it doesn't matter who wrote the subsequent plots.

Therefore, if you like to write about plot settings, you may wish to explain it in detail after 30,000 words. This will not affect the development of readers' sense of belonging and identification with the protagonist.

So, I have written hundreds of thousands of words, how can I revise or make up for it?

First, modify the beginning. One thing to confirm is that no matter who writes hundreds of thousands of words, it will still be helpful to revise the beginning.

How to modify it?

The first is the basic error, which I won’t go into.

Secondly, it is to add wedges to strengthen the protagonist's sense of existence; or to lay foreshadowing and connect it with the plot we have written later.

The third is to lose weight

To lose weight is to delete useless things.

How to judge which things are useless? It's actually very simple. We can write a detailed outline of about 100 words based on the article we have already written.

Then all the plots revolve around this detailed outline, including unnecessary adjectives, character descriptions, detailed scene backgrounds...gt; gt;

Question 7: How to go from a rookie to an online novel author. The more detailed the step-by-step procedural answer, the better, preferably from an experienced author. Also, I want to write about mystery. I am not an old author, but I have been writing for three or four years (none of them have been finished←)

Question 8: How to become a successful online novel author? There are at least three hurdles for a new and latest author to become a near-god-like famous writer who is guaranteed to write a popular book.

The first is to sign a contract and complete a work.

There are many unsigned authors who are very worthy of respect, such as ftp and other old authors who insist on writing, such as "World of Might and Magic" before signing, such as "CS-Border Town Prodigal Son", such as "Legendary 3D"... There are many such examples. 17K has made a list of hard work (the name is tentative) for the purpose of allowing those works that are unwilling to sign or failed to sign for various reasons to still appear in front of readers. Writing is a very hard job, and I have always respected those authors who insist on writing without seeking fame or fortune. This list may change its name, but it will always exist.

Without website recommendations, the road to commercialization is really difficult.

So if you want to make money from online writing, the first hurdle you have to overcome is signing a contract.

First, I like books with a lot of signatures. When I first saw "Border Town Prodigal Son", as an ancient fan, I really felt like tears filled my eyes. This book has been circulated on several websites, and the readers are very loyal, but for various reasons, it has been buried. When I started working as an editor, I once heard my boss say something like this: There are so many good books in the world that are buried by editors. This is the alarm bell that keeps ringing in my ears. It is true that the power of editors on various websites is indeed very powerful now. They can sign books if they like them and not sign books if they don't like them. Many editors never even read books, but just look at the data and decide which books to sign. Every time I read this sentence from my boss, I always feel particularly guilty. When I see those unknown authors who insist on writing, I always feel that they are not doing enough and not doing their best. While there are still 17K recommendation opportunities, we are willing to launch more public works on the homepage, and for those authors who insist on writing, we are also willing to provide various opportunities and give them as much help as possible.

Second, I like to sign books by authors who have completed their works. There are too many uncertainties in online writing. It would be a pity if I signed a contract for a work but didn’t finish it in the end.

Many new authors have very strong ideas and simple and smooth writing styles, but they lack the ability to control the overall situation. By the end of the book's plot, I am afraid that I don't even know what I am writing.

It is difficult to gather the ability to control the overall situation without going through hundreds of thousands of words.

I have talked with many authors about this. Most books are signed when they are tens of thousands of words long. Although there is an outline, it is difficult for writers to insist on writing according to the outline. In this regard, Drunkard is an example. His outline is very complete and he writes very professionally.

After signing a contract, most authors can write very quickly at the beginning until they encounter the first bottleneck.

This bottleneck is roughly in the third month of writing, when the word count is between 300,000 and 500,000. Many authors may suddenly feel that they don’t know how to write well. Because of various things, I am faced with the point where I have nothing to write. When I was working on another website a long time ago, I once signed a writer to write "Fighting Fantasy" Pencil Sharpener. Once, I got up at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night and saw that his Q was still on. He was also working. In the middle of the book, writing was extremely painful, and he often couldn't write a word for several hours. It is relatively easy for any newcomer to write at the beginning, but in the middle, it starts to feel a bit difficult. It is the most difficult when it reaches 70,000 or 800,000 words. The beginning and end are considered good, but the number of words and the flow of dialogue have been slow in recent years. After reading tens of thousands of books, few of them start well and end well. Most of the authors who can pass this threshold and have a good ending have successfully completed sublimation. After crossing the first hurdle, I became a famous author. There were even many cases where I reached the sky in one step and started writing professionally.

Let’s talk about what is more appropriate for the contracted author to do when he encounters the first hurdle.

When a book is signed, there is always something to be said for it. There has to be a reason why you sign a book, right? Where is its highlight? Why do so many readers like it?

Many authors themselves don’t know why my books are bookmarked and why my books are so popular.

So when you continue to write, it is extremely easy to ignore your strengths and choose your shortcomings.

For many books, subscriptions may be high at the beginning, but then they become less and less, a large number of readers are lost, and the book ends hastily. But some authors persevered and not only became enlightened, but also successfully transformed.

Many authors like to analyze data. In fact...gt;gt;

Question 9: How to write good characters in online novels. After reading this article, I was most impressed The profound thing is:

For a novel to be read by people, it is enough as long as the plot is good. If you want people to remember it, you must also write about a few impressive characters. And if you want to move people, you must have a moving spirit, which is the soul of the novel.

As a creator, you must look clearly into your own heart: What do you want to express? Catharsis for what? What to show? What was your state like when your inspiration first flashed? This requires the creator to do nothing for a long period of time and only concentrate on finding himself, criticizing himself, and then discovering himself. After going through this period of pain, the creator will accurately define himself. Well, whether you are a structuralist or a deconstructionist, at this time you should find a way to amplify your doctrine to the extreme! At this time, you will discover: works that allow readers to see the text but cannot immediately call the author's name are just the primary state of an excellent creator, let it or them go to hell.

It has been a few years since I entered the circle of online literature. What used to be self-entertainment has finally become a career. Although the fee is meager and the reputation is unknown, it is finally recognized by people. I think of how many seniors and friends helped me when I was a newbie. Recently I decided to start living in seclusion, so I wrote something before going into seclusion to help the newcomers. At the same time, it can be regarded as a little thought for the review team.

The three elements of novels taught to us by primary school teachers are "plot, characters, and environment." I have believed this since I was a child. However, after I listened to the conversation between the editor of CCTV and my master, I That changed this view.

McGee), this is the best film screenwriting textbook in the world, but it has guiding significance for the creation of any literary genre. I suggest you buy it and read it. It will be beneficial to me. Let’s use the expert’s argument to illustrate what we have learned: the three elements of a literary work are character, plot, and spirit. This may seem too serious, but in fact, it is universally applicable, and no literary genre can. Get out, unless the creator doesn't have the courage to make a living by writing and deliberately makes a prank..."

For a novel to be read by people, as long as the plot is good, it is enough. If you want people to remember it, you must also write about a few impressive characters. And if you want to move people, you must have a moving spirit, which is the soul of the novel

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Ah Fei said that I am a representative figure of Li Wen Yi Zaidao, and I like this title very much.

After I listened to the conversation between the editor of CCTV and my master, I followed my master’s words and put the spirit of the novel first. Moreover, I no longer care about the environment of the story, because in fantasy novels or online novels, readers will not pursue the story. Authenticity. What we want to write is a novel, not documentary literature.

If you want to write an essay that the primary school teacher will give you high marks, you might as well write it according to "plot, characters, environment", but if If you want your novel to gain a place on the Internet, then it is best to follow the CCTV editor’s words, which is “plot, characters, and spirit.” ”